SOPHOMORE CLINIC II

SPRING 2011            

This course, the fourth in the 8-semester engineering clinic series, provides expanded treatment of the practice of engineering through applications drawn from engineering disciplines and industry. The communication component is designed to help students prepare and present messages in public speaking contexts. In addition to engineering design, the course emphasizes oral presentation skills, as well as critical thinking, listening and organizations skills.

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Course Goals

The two main goals of Sophomore Engineering Clinic II are to provide the foundation necessary for students to become:

1. effective engineering communicators, and

2. effective engineering designers.

Technical Objectives

After successful completion of this course, all Rowan Engineering students will be able to:

•  Research, design and deliver an effective informative, technical and persuasive speech.

•  Adapt technical information to a non-technical audience.

•  Adapt speech content and delivery based on audience analysis.

•  Recognize the different purposes and structures of informative and persuasive speeches.

•  Synthesize and incorporate research for use in individual and group oral presentations.

•  Recognize and utilize effective visual aids for presentations, as well as graphical strategies for communicating information in reports.

•  Recognize the need , identify the customer , assess the market , and define the goals, objectives and constraints for a design problem.

•  Generate multiple engineering design solutions using various brainstorming techniques.

•  Perform appropriate engineering analyses and choose the optimal solution based on these results.

•  Apply technical writing skills effectively to describe and validate design decisions.